a. whether or not they had to keep Jewish laws.
b. the need for all to be baptized.
c. at what age a boy should be circumcised.
d. the social role of nuns.
2006-12-09 07:30:27 · 8 answers · asked by southernbelle540 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The answer is a.
While baptism was absolutely necesary for salvation, the matter of following the torah was not so clear. This issue was resolved in the council of Jerusalem when Peter and the Apostles granted permission to St Paul to preach to the gentiles and baptizing them without the need of either circumsition or of works of the Torah.
2006-12-09 07:33:58 · answer #1 · answered by Dominicanus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A.
Another one was about Baptism. Baptism takes the place of circumcision (except that there is neither a male nor female requirement to be baptized) and circumcision happened when the baby was 8 days old. The baby entered into the Old Covenant on the basis of the faith of his parents and their promise to raise their child in the faith.
Since Baptism is what is needed for someone to enter into the New Covenant, the debate was whether they should wait until the baby was 8 days old or if the baby should be baptized right at birth. The early Church, guided by the Holy Spirit, made the determination that a baby could be baptized on the day of their birth based on the faith of their parents and their promise to raise their child in the faith of the Church.
2006-12-09 15:34:12 · answer #2 · answered by Life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A .... and the debate still rages, even though the new covenant did away with all the old laws and replaced them with grace, and the God-given authority of the universal Church, which Jesus personally founded to lead all to salvation.
2006-12-09 16:28:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a. the major council in Jerusalem involving the apsotles and Paul debated on (a) and decided that the non-jews didnt have to conform to Jewish rites and rituals to be christians
2006-12-09 15:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by messenjah82 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a, and to a degree c. Some Christians argued that to become a Christian, you must first become Jewish, so you had to be circumcised.
2006-12-09 15:34:03 · answer #5 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
b, but not as babies. Jesus was a man when He got baptized, symbolizing the conscious effort we are to make to lead a sinless life from that moment on, rebirth!
2006-12-09 15:34:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
c
2006-12-10 12:42:49 · answer #7 · answered by Scuba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A
2006-12-09 15:32:41 · answer #8 · answered by pepsiolic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋